Social+Studies

=[|Social Studies Course Sequence]media type="custom" key="4971969" align="right" = =TAKS Games - Grade 8 =
 * [|TAKS Review Vocabulary - Content] 
 * [|Unit 1 Jeopardy] media type="custom" key="4971979" align="right"
 * [|Unit 2 Jeopardy]
 * [|Unit 3 Jeopardy] 
 * [|Unit 4 Jeopardy]
 * [|Unit 6 Jeopardy] 
 * [|Unit 7 Jeopardy]
 * [|Unit 8 Jeopardy]
 * [|Unit 8 Double Jeopardy]
 * [|Unit 9 Jeopardy] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;">TAKS Information Booklets = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**National History Day** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;">TAKS Review Materials **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;"> media type="custom" key="4977431" align="right"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 8 TAKS Review Cards 1-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 8 TAKS Review Cards 2-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 8 TAKS Review Cards Spanish 1-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 8 TAKS Review Cards Spanish 2-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 11 TAKS Review Cards 1-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Grade 11 TAKS Review Cards 2-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 8 Social Studies (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 8 Social Studies Spanish (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 10 Social Studies (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 10 Social Studies Spanish (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 11 Social Studies (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Review Grade 11 Social Studies Spanish (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Vocabulary Review 1-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Vocabulary Review 2-sided (pdf) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;">media type="custom" key="4977463" align="right"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAKS Vocabulary Review Spanish 1-sided (pdf)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;">[|Information Review Booklet Grade 8]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;">[|Information Review Booklet Grade 10]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;">[|Information Review Booklet Grade 11]

History Day Calendar
School History Day competitions completed by December 15 || All website entries posted in final form on the NHD web portal and process papers including annotated bibliography delivered to Montra Rogers in the Curriculum Department –HISD Admin Bldg, 4400 W 18th St. || Regional History Day Competition at Pin Oak Middle School || Junior Division Competition in the morning/Senior Division in the afternoon
 * Aug 15, 2009 || Workshop: Creating Competitive History Fair Projects ||
 * Sept 1, 2009 || Meeting: HISD Regional History Day Coordinators ||
 * Sept - Dec 2009 || Students work at the school level to complete projects.
 * Jan. 3 - 15, 2010 || Recommended dates for Regional History Day competitions – all regional competitions completed by January 15, 2009 ||
 * February 1, 2010 || All HISD Regional History Day contest winner forms and summary regional reports submitted online [details to follow] ||
 * Feb.8, 2010 || All research papers due to Montra Rogers in the Curriculum Department –HISD Admin Bldg, 4400 W 18th St.
 * Sat Feb. 20, 2010

Junior Exhibit set-up beginning at 8:00 a.m. Performance and Documentary times sent by letter to sponsoring teacher Judging for all Junior divisions begins at 9:00 and continues until 12 noon. Students will be asked to stand with their exhibits and answer questions about their projects [replicating the state process]

Senior Exhibit set-up beginning at 12:30 p.m. Performance and Documentary times sent by letter to sponsoring teacher Judging for all Senior divisions begins at 1:00 and continues until 4 p.m. Students will be asked to stand with their exhibits and answer questions about their projects [replicating the state process] Public viewing of the Exhibits will be from 4:00 – 5:00 Awards Ceremony will be at 5:00 followed by and take down of exhibits beginning after the awards ceremony.

First and Second place winners in each Junior and Senior category division will be eligible to advance to the state competition. ||
 * May 7 - 8, 2010 || Texas History Day Competition in Austin. First and Second place winners in each Junior and Senior category division will be eligible to advance to the national competition. ||
 * June 2010 || National History Day Competition in Washington, DC. ||